ON THIS DAY

More good news for England. A little more than a month after the Under 20s had won their World Cup the England Under 19s were crowned champions of Europe following a 2-1 defeat of Portugal in the final at the Tengiz Burjanadze Stadium in Gori, Georgia. Second-half goals from Aston Villa defender Easah Suliman and Manchester City striker Lukas Nmecha – either side of Dujon Sterling’s own goal for Portugal – saw England win the title for the first time. England had a hairy last few minutes though as they finished the match with 10 men after Fulham's Tayo Edun collected a second yellow card in the 86th minute. So let’s keep an eye on the winning team for future reference….Aaron Ramsdale (Bournemouth), Dujon Sterling (Chelsea), Jay DaSilva (Chelsea), Tayo Edun (Fulham), Easah Suliman (Aston Villa), Isaac Buckley-Ricketts (Manchester City), Andre Dozzell (Ipswich Town), Mason Mount (Chelsea), Ryan Sessegnon (Fulham), Lukas Nmecha (Manchester City), Darnell Johnson (Leicester City) with the used substitutes being Ben Brereton (Nottingham Forest) for Nmecha, Josh Dasilva (Arsenal) for Dozzell and Marcus Edwards (Tottenham Hotspur) for Buckley-Ricketts. The head coach was Keith Downing.

Jack Walker’s Blackburn Rovers confirmed themselves as the big-spenders of the Premier League when they broke the British transfer record by paying Norwich £5 million for Chris Sutton – and then paying him a reputed £12,000 a week wages.

Day four at the World Cup finals in England with a fixture in each of the four groups - the match of the day being at Everton’s Goodison Park. A crowd of 51,387 were present there at one of the best matches of the tournament when Hungary beat Brazil 3-1 – Brazil were without Pele who had been injured in their first match against Bulgaria. The crowd was a little more modest at Middlesbrough’s old Ayresome Park home for the Group 4 match between Chile and surprise outsiders North Korea when 13,792 – the lowest attendance at the finals – saw the sides draw 1-1. Spain beat Switzerland in front of 32,028 at Hillsborough but perhaps the other match was at the strangest venue. With one exception all the matches played in London were at Wembley. The one exception was played on this day and was played at the White City, hardly a well-known football ground, when 45,662 were present to see Uruguay beat France 2-1. Wembley was busy with another sporting event that evening – it was greyhound racing night!